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17 nnr k JU li it Jul.' VOL XXV, NO 89. $1. PER YEAR. REIDSVILLE, N. C, JANUARY 21, 1913. ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. WHAT HAS HAPPENED MAJ. ELLINGTON'S REMAINS) t TWO CAROLINA FAMILIES f v 1 - J - .Ml' 3 1 V TO Mir ) 'l.-'A. 6INCE OUR LAST ISSUE Premier Polncare has been, elected BURIED AT GREENVIEW. COMMISSIONER R. E. CABELL COMPALINS OF JUDGE BOYD. A special from Washington saye a seisational report by Royal B. Cabell, Commissioner of Internal Jlerenue, to Secretary MacVelgh, teeming with caustic criticlem of al leged whiekey frauds in North Car olina and of the course of the Fed eral court, presided over by District Judge Boyd, of Greensboro, In deal ing with the conditions, has been made public by the House commit ter on expenditures In the Treasury 'department.whdch has undertaken an Investigation of the situation. Mr. Cabell describee the conditions in the case tiflrected against D. C Fos ter, a distiller of Williams, N. C and N. Glenn WJlliams, the alleged purchaser of the whi6key in question as "a history of frauds agadnst the government, embracing debauchery of employes, bribery of revenue officers and successful theft." The Comimissdoner declares that Judge Boyd has issued a total of three injunctions to restrain the government from seizing and sell ing the whiskey for taxes. He points out his authority to act under the revenue laws and adds, in reference to the injunctions: "In view of the positive and em phatic language ; of the . Supreme Court It would seem Incredible that : the court should lend itself to the consideration of so plain a viola tion of law as this proceedling is." ' The case began with the seizure in 1905, of the rectifying house known as "Old Nick" at Williams, N. C, not far from Wineton:Salem, f--. N. C. The seizure was made on what the revenue officers charge were frauds discovered in a two-year in vestigation, that resulted in the n lndictment of N. Glenn Williams, D. E. Kennedy, D. C. Foster and others Their company was found guilty and Williams and Kennedy acquitted. The Commissioner ordered the dis tillers to give a new bond and later, because of the alleged frauds, order ed the whiskey seized and soldi for taxes. In all three moves In this direction he was enjoined by Judge t Boyd. The last effort of the Com ' iiLflbioner contemplates the transfer of the whiskey to a general bonded warehouse at Louisville; The Issue la pending in the courts. Mr Cabell asserted that the of ficial retorts appeared to demon strate that the "Old' Nick" Distil lery Company had disposed of its nroDertv so that there were no long er any assets from which to collect Ijdisament and said evidence indica td that during one period the frauds ran from $250 to $500 a day The Commissioner told of ' heated language between himself and R K. '"McNeill, attorney for the distil' lerv. in connection with the case, when he declared McNeill sadd the bureau was allowing itself - to be used to wreak personal and political vengeance on Williams and that Wil liams had powerful - friends who would not have hiim injured. The Commissioner said Mr. McNeill re ferred to Judge Boyd, among others in this connection. "There are now stored near Wir liams N. C, in an aut-of-theway place," the report concludes, "more than 600 barrelsof whiskey onwhich $30,000 tax Is due this government and there are large claims pending If the stiller could be apprehended an d brought to Justice, he would be convicted, probably imprisoned and heavily fined. In. addition, to the in ternal revenue frauds in which the claimant, N. Glenn ' Williams, has tlgured, he stands today convicted by a jury, though sentence has yet to be imposed, on account of frauds against the postofflce department.For a long time it has been necessary to maintain day and night guards, at a cost of thousuands of dollars, to ...protect these spirits in this dls- "tillery." Commissioner Cabell will later tes tify before the committee. Judge Bynum Answers. Greensboro, Jan. 17. Asserting that for personal reasons Commis sioner of Internal Revenue Royal E. Cabell sought to penalize N. Glenn Williams, that the Commissioner was influenced by malice and ill-will to ' ward Williaims in' ordering the re moval of a large quantity of whiskey from a warehouse at Williams, N. C, to Louisville, Ky., and that Mr. Cabell should be ashamed of his in sinuations and reflections upon two eminent and upright Judges, who have been called upon to pass on the questions raised in suits by Williams and Foster, ex-Judge W. P. Bynum today made vigorous reply ;o the report transmitted yesterday by Commissioner Cabell to Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh. The Judges referred to are Boyd, of the District court, and Pritchard, of the Cir cuit court. Judge Bynum has been connected as special counsel for N. Glenn Williams, in a litigation over about 27,000 gallons of corn whiskey, which Is stored in. a . warehouse at WU- FAftMERS SHOULD PLANT , GOOD TOBACCO SEED. R. R. S. writes the Progressive Far mer as follows:: Good seed are absolutely neces sary to make a success of any corp. A fat, healthy seed which is full of vj,talty will often, under tie most favorable conditions, produce a strong, healthy plant; while a weak, sickly seed cannot produce a desira ble plant, evea though the condi tions be ideal for its growth. Do you know that when you sow poor, light, and Imperfect seed, yoa bring many hours of hard work upon yourself? These poor seed produce weak; sickly plants, which die within a few hours after they are set out In the hill. AI such as these must be replanted, Too grumble about the flea bug, th e grass, the weather, and many other things but your own folly, and so called economy is the cause of your not being able to get a stand of to bacco.. A strong seed produces a strong plant. A weak seed : products a weak plant. Don't mix the two. Sow only the seed wtth strong ger minating power. Tou will find this by far the best and cheapest method of securing a good stand of plants both in the bed and in the field. Now we want to be certain that we know weak seed when seen. They are dry, shriveled, and light Seed of this kind are to be fioundi la every pod. You can not avoid them by picking the heaviest pods. They must be taken out in the clean Ing, and here Is where the work of an expert Is required. No farmer can go to the necessary eipense of securing an appartus for cleaning a dollar's worth of seed each year. Two dollars will buy more than enough seed to plant the average crop. Is not the time and labor spent in saving your own, seed worth more than that to you, espec ially when you can get good seed .for your money while ..your work secures you doubtful ones? Every seedsman of any note can supply you' with these seed and will do so at a very reasonable price. The farmers who grow tobacco are dependent upon this crop for their money. When, It' la a success they are "flushed' with money. A failure of the tobacco crop means scant clothing, poor food, and hard times in general. Yet many of as court failure at the very beginning of the crop. We think nothing of spending $25 or $30 for clean grass seed, we never shell "nubbins" for seed corn, we even wash our seed wheat, yet when it conies to buying seed for our money crop, we cannot afford even a dollar. But let me tell you, If you expect to reap the dollars next year at marketing time, you must sow a few of them right now in pure, clean seed. No crop responds so readily to such a small outlay as does tobacco. What would two dollars worth of grass seed amount to? How about corn, wheat, or oats? Yet it Is pos sible for the tobacco that can be grown from four ounces of seed to bring you more ; money than you have ever possessed In your life. Don't let the size of the expendi tures make you careless, because It has great Issues behind ItPersonally I believe that many farmers would give more attention to, good tobacco seed but for the fact that they seem to ba such a bib all matter. But don't let this be the case any long er. I hope to be wtith, you through the, 1913 crop, and I want you to start right. It is time for you to sow your plant beds, but delay the sowing until you have secured some of the very best seed obtainable. Let us choose as our motto this year. 'tBetter tobacco at Jess expense," and begin the crusade by using good, sound, reliable seed. Kama, N. C, and whjch has been ordered removed to Louisville by Commissioner Cabell.'. Against this order Williams secured an Injunction before Judge Boyd,' alleging that jt was not bona fide, in that tb.e Com missioner was acting through ill-will and malice. The matt'l Is now pending before A. H. Price, stand ing master, and Williams and Foster as plaintiffs in the case, have offers evidence sustaining their allegations that the action of the rommlssione proceeds from Ill-will and malice. Cabell Refuses to Submit to Direct, or Cross-Examlnation. ' Washington, D. C, Jan. 18. Fur ther complications are threatened m the fight between Judge Boyd, , of Greensboro, N. C, and Royall E. Ca bell, Commissioner of Internal Rev enue, in an alleged whiskey fraud case in North Carolina by the Com missioner's refusal today to submit n direct or cross-examination before United States Hitt in this elt.v. who was ordered by Judge rBoydtowkeT Mr. Cabell's deposition. Old papers 20c. 100 at this office. President of the French republic by the National Assembly. Winter is in hiding somewhere and la bound to come yet, says Chief of the Weather Bureau Moore. 1 Resolutions .have been Introduced in the Texas Legislature providing for woman suffrage la that State. Representative Humphrey has In troduced a bill in the House to bar trust-owned ships from the Panama Canal. . Several hundred women, members of the striking Garment Workers' Union, fought the police in New York Saturday with hatpins and umbrellas. - ; After a long, stern battle the ham rule has passed the House of Com mons in London by a majority of 110. It was read for the first time in the House of Lords. Gov. Wilson wants the. ball omit ted at his Inauguration. Some of the religious papers of the State are rapping: Gov. Craig for not hav lng the ball cut out in Raleigh last week. ; "; ; Thousands of women may have to !wa!t for ther spring shirtwaists, manufacturers say, unless nearly 40, 000 shirtwaist makers who struck n New York last woek are Quickly brought to terms. Twenty1 years ago, or even ten, a baseball manager who received five thousand dollars a year was a rarity. Today there are Beveral managers Jn the big leagues who draw between ten and twenty thousand dollars a year. The will of James R. Keene, veter an stock market operator and turf man, as filed for probate, leaves his estate, in its entirety, to hjs widow. The value of the estate is estimated at between ten and fifteen million dollars. Governor Mann, of Virginia, has granted Floyd Allen and his son, Claude Swanson Allen condemned to die the 17tb,a respite until March 7. The Governor announced that on February 1 he would give the Allen sympathizers one hour In which to present their argument for a commu tation ot sentence. "When a man. marries his troubles begin," Isn't exactly true in South River, N. J. There a man's troubles hogdn, imimediately preceding the ty ing of the nuptial knot, for Mayor Joseph Marl has handed down a ruling that be will marry no more couples unless the bridegroom can start free from debt. After four years of litigation) it appears that every member of the 200 families composing the village of Shimlzdu in the Aomorj prefecture of Japan will have to go to jail. The Tokyo court has affirmed the decis ions ofthe lower court.which in 1908 sentenced every inhabitant of Shi- mUsdu to from six to fourteen months imprisonment for cutting trees In the imperial forests at Yaguchl. The birth of quadruplets recently makes Mrs. William G. Clark, : of Cleveland, Ohio, the mother of 27 children. She is only 35 years old. This was the second set of quadru plets the woman has borne, and she Is also the mother, of three1 sets of triplets and five sets of twins. Mrs. Clark's mother had 23 children, and her grandmother had 29 children. Mrs. Clark does her own housework. In a special message to tho South Carolina Legislature Governor Cole L. Blease bitterly attacked Senator B. R. Tillman and Editor V. C. Gonzales. The attack was l'io ro suit of the famous Tillman letter,. published two days before the rej cent primary, and the part the editor of The Columbia State plajxxl 'In. ite publication. Newspapers generally were attacked and restrictions upon the press," In the way of Iiilslatjoiir was urged by the Governor. The mystery of the n-onar.pea.ranoo of John. Compton, who v. ns to fca'vo married Miss Nettie Lambert, of Kiv-' erton, W. Va., at the hour ret I : their wedding, has been exp'o,.:;' ! by , the finding of Comrlor'r !'. less body at the top of Sr e. Main tain, buried in a' srowdrltt. . The bride-elect was d.ressel in Inr wel djrag gown, the preacher and the guests wiere assemble', but after waiting for hours for the groom the party dispersed. Compton became lost in the snowdrift , and froze to death. " . A flood of petitions for damages through! the Joss of the Titanic Just filed Included .one from Mrs Irene Wallace Harris, who claims one million dollars for the loss of her husband, Henry B. Harris, the theatrical manager. This Is the heaviest of the 279 cialms bo far fil ed. Judge Hand has exten.Iiod' the ( time for filing petitions en claims ! to February 1L The aim amount to-iBor-thft. tea. m Mian, tkiiiam, Lut tha White Star Line conten ! that Its liability Is liimted viiCer the United States statutes to less ' than one hundred thousand dollars. . NEWS OF THE OLD NORTH I STATE IN BRIEF FORM TJas Burlington Lutheran church has extended " a call to- tha Rev. S. T. Brown, of Lexington, S. C. FrankUn McNeill, of Wilmington, wfco last week retired from the State Corporation Commission after a service of 14 years, was given a handsome silver waiter by hja as sociates. ' A. E. Tate, of High Point, has beea appointed one of the commis sioners for the study of European systems of co-operative rural credits. This commission will leave New York April 20 for a 80 days' tour of Europe. ' The North Carolina Forestry Asso ciation, in session in Raleigh, adop ted resolutions urging the Legisla ture to provide State fire wardens so that with federal aid there can be more adequate protection from forest fires. . A brilliant, fiery meteor fell from the sky a few nights ago near .he home of J. D. Baugh in Cabarrus county. The place of its falling was marked and the meteor was dug up. It was hard rock and weighed fjrra pounds. Governor Craig has appointed Col. J, P. Kerr his private secretary; G A. Thompson, executive clerk, and Major Lawrence W. Young adjutant general of the State militia. All three have entered upon the dis charge of their respective duties at Raleigh. ; A reorganization of the Corpora' tlon Comaniseion was effected last week, after the retirement of Hon. Franklin McNeill, for fourteen years Its chairman, and the addition of Judge George P. Pell to the commis sion. E. L. Travis was elected chair man. .There Ib no change in the clerical force. A woman in this State has mads application to Gov. Craig to carry a pistol. She says she is the mother c' six children and made her living telling books. She is out a great dea sne says, ana as she. is not very strong she wants permission to car ry a pistol t protect herself rom dogs. . - ... . .;, The Grand Lode of Masons instal '$ as ofllioeTs last week Jn.HaleigQ aa follows : Grand master, F. M Winchester, of ' Charlotte, who sue. ceeds W. B. McKoy; deputy grand master, John T. Alderman, of Hen derson; senior grand warden, Frank P. Hobgood, Jr., of Greensboro; Ju nior grand warden, A. B. Andrews, Jr., of Raleigh; grand secretary, Jno. C. Drewry. A. compulsory school-attendance b'll that many believe will be the one that Will be enacted into law at this session of the General Assembly was introduced in the House Satur day by Representative Ray.of Macon It fixes the age Jim its for com pulsory attendance at eight to four teen years, making It a misdemeanor to fail to have children of these ages In school for at least three-fourths Of the current school terms, In. either day or night school. A boat plying on Bear Creek, which empties into Neuse river. near Seven Springs, sank in 10 feet of water one day the past week. A disarrangement of the craft's ma chinery caused her to list, fill and sink, the crew Bcrambllne ashore juet in ttene. The expense of raising the vessel will be one thousand dollars. Calamity had been predicted beacuse of the name of the boat, "Titandc." and her mis fortune was attributed to the Jll omen.: :.. Thomas B. Parker, of the State Agricultural Department, who has charge of one of its most Important features, namely, the farmers' Insti tutes for women, says that three parties of demon stiators are bow 1 n the field and two more will soon be added. The entire State will be cov ered during the year. He is ex tremely proud of the fact that In North Carolina the Institutes for wo men were more largely attended tha in any olIkt State in the Union dur ing 1311 and 1912, Wisconsin being ec:oikI, though there were more than twice as many held here. Superstition has not yet sntlrely gene in North Carollna.Not long ago a , lady living In, the Eastern part o the State wrote the director of the Hall oniistorynforming him that at a cross-roads on hr property was a pine tree of which one side had been cleared of bark; the figure of a man had leen rudely carved; its outlines cr arktd wltb chareonl. On tfhe breast of the figure a heart was outlined and almost inhe centre of this" heart 13 the ; mark if a bullet fired from a rile. The lady pays a man in the neighborhood thought he was be witched and upon application to a "'conjure doctor" was informed that to fix thinps was to draw this plc tnro of the man who bad bewitched Mm and fire a silver bullet into the heart. Major R. M. B. Ellington died suddenly at his home on North Main street Friday morning about eight o clock. He retired Thursday night apparently 1a his usual health, and upon arising the next morning was taken suddenly ill and died within a few minutes time. His death re sulted from uremic poisoning. Major Ellington was among the town's best and most popular citi zens. He was an active member and worker of the tJain Street Methodist church. , For a number of years he was a commissioned, officer in the North Carolina State Guard, retir ing 10 or 12 years ago with the rank of major. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, a Royal Arch Mason, and Past Master of Reids ville Lodge, and was secretary of the local lodge at the time of his death. He was for many years en gaged in the tobacco business, but for some time past has been book keeper for J. H. Walker & Co. He served the town as alderman many years ago adn wiaa clerk of the board.' Major Ellington was 58 years of age. Besides his wife and two Bons, he is survived by one brother, Capt A. J. Ellington, of Reldsvllle, and a sister, IMrs. Martha R. WaddUI, it Winston-Salem, Major Ellington was twice married. His first mar rlage was to Miss Pattae Llndsey, daughter of the late Wm. Llndsey. By this union he had one pon, Mr, R Llndsey Ellington. His second mar riage was to Miss Georgia Rucker, of Virginia. By this marriage them were three children, two daughters, now dead, and one son, Mr. Rucker Ellington, who Jives in Martinsville. The funeral services were con ducted from the Main Street M. E. Church Saturday af teernoon by the pastor, Rev.' W. F. Worn ble, assist ed by the 'Rev. Dr. D. I. Craig, of the Presbyterian church. The pall-bearers were Messrs. A L. Harris; Jno. D. Huffines, J. Ed. Smith, P. D. Watt, Francis Womack, R. P. Rflchardsou. The flower-bearers were Dr. J W. McGehee, S. Fllknan, J. H. Mobley, S. C. Penn, W. S. Allen, J. A. Fetzer, Abe Womack, D. R. Allen, P. H. WlUtanwciviC.. ATetzer, " Wlljl luca ciiemeni prevailed on the Williams.. E. R. Harris. J. "N:vVattTEtl'etff at 0 Alpine Saturday nigh! J. H. Walker, R, L. Watt, J. F. Watlington. Among the out-of-town relatives who attended the funeral and burial of Major Ellington were Mr and Mrs. Green Penn, of Danville; Mrs. C B. Kearfoot and Mr, Rucker Ellington, of Martinsville, and Mr. R. A." Ellington, of Madison. NOTES OF INTEREST FROM) THE MADISON HERALD . Will Tuggle, a young white man, was arrested In Mayodani Monday and tried before Judige Ault on a warrant charglnghiin with circulating counterfeit money. He admitted passing several spurious five-dollar gold pieces, one of them at the store of Webster and Robdnson in Madi son; but claimed he got them In exchange for paper money at the Bank of Madison and thought they were all right. He was bound over to court in a hundred dollar bond. Officers are investigating the case and Interesting developments are expected soon. i A. beautiful home wedding oc curred at 7 o'clock Tuesday morn ing at the home of Sheriff and Mrs. T, B. Knight, near Madison, when their youngest daughter, Miss Eu genia, became the bride of Mr. Ro bert C. Glenn, Rev. W. H. Wilson, of Greensboro, performing the cere mony.. The couple left for Anson- ville, . where the groom holds a re sponsible position with the South bound Railway. - King "Henry" Martirv colored,"' son of John Martin, died In the hospital at Winston early yesterday morning as a result of a pistol shot Inflicted Christmas night at a colored church in Madison by Dock Kallam, another young negro. The body was brought to Madison on the late train yesterday afternoon. Kallam, who has been out on a five hiin dred dollar bond, was rearrested yesterday and Is now in jail awaiting February court. The old Turner Wall house, loca bed about a mile South of Mad2on, was destroyed by fire last night. It was owned by Mr. Fleming Goolsby and bad been unoccupied for some time. Chronic Constipation Cured. "Five years ago I had the worst case of chronic constipation I ever knewjof, and, Chamberlain's Tablets cured me," writes S. F. Fish, Brook lyn, Mich. For sale by The Gardner Drug Company. WJdQhexxaJljaatai 'turkey trot?" "I dont know, un less it Is a turkey la not in a posi tion to sue anything for libel," re plied Mr. Growcber. FIGHT A FIERCE DUEL.. A bloody and most desperate figh8 occurred at Glen Alpine, a little town six miles from Morganton, Satu;; day night, as a result of which six prominent men lie mortally wounded from pistol and' knife wounds. The fight is alleged to have re sulted from a feud existing between the Pitts and Hennessee families, which reached Its culmination Satur day night la a pistol and knife duel on the streets of Glen, Alpine, which lasted ror 30 minutes and in which! one after another was shot down oil' cut to pieces with knives. , Friends of both -families rusted to the Bcene and were themselves soon wounded in the bloody battleome ot whom received fatal Wounds. Dr. E. A. Hennessee, a prominent physician of Burke county, was one ot the combatants and was shot through the head and lungs. M. Hennessee and Abel Pitts, two other entered In the affray, and were per haps mortally wounded, while Gor man Pitts, Ervln Pitts and Sam Bennett, the latter the policeman of the. town, are seriously If not fatal ly shot. Others who engaged In the affray are more or less seriously? wounded. Dr. Hennessee, after all hopes of his living through the night, rallied early Sunday morning ana was ta ken to a hospital at . StatesvUle where an attempt will be made to( remove the bullets. Late reports say that his condition continuesi grave and recovery la exceedingly doubtful. Latest reports fromGorman.'1 Pitts state, that his Wounds are more' dangerous than first reported. It seems that the parties had a falling out two years ago, and a few days ago renewed It, and Satur day when they met had some words and threats followed. Dr. Hennessei Went home and returned1 with three pistols and a surgeon's knife. After stabbing Ervin several times in the back he opened fire n Gorman, who quickly fired back a round of five shots, four taking effect in Hennes see'a bouy and the fifth glazed his shoulder. The fight then continued! for fully fifteen minutes with knives and rocks, and as a result several Who stopped the fight are badly cut and Sunday and ' ini the vicinity where it happened, as they look for a new outbreak among their rela tives. COLUMBUS PENN, COLORED, STRUCK BY FREIGHT ENGINE. Columbus Penn, an aged negro, was struck by a freight train early yesterday morning and sustained the fracture of three ribs, a severely mashed head and a bruised leg. The old man was crossing the track In front of The Review office en route to the Old North State factory. The engineer paw him and yelled to Mm, 'u Penn did not hear the warning. The engine knocked him to the ground. The Southern's local surgeon, Dr. J. W. McGehee, was hastily sum moned and he carried the Injured man to his office. The Injuries are regarded as serlous.but not necessar ily fatal. Penn has been a resident of Relds vllle for more than 40 years, coming here from Penn's Store. Va. He is nearly 70 years old. THE ORIGINAL, SAFE, SURE CURE 3 THE C McKanna" 3-Day Liquor Cure Administered by registered physicians and trained attendants. No dangerous hypodermics used. No sleepless nights, Xo loss of appetite. The time tested treatmenf for the desire of alcoholism. 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